Confirmation is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit leading them, throughout their lives, to become “more like Christ”. It thus binds them more firmly to Christ and to the Church as it awakens in their hearts the gifts of the Holy Spirit.                                                                                          Catholic Bishops of Ireland

Hope of new beginnings. 

In Jesus life the pain and suffering of the Cross led directly to the Resurrection and to a new and ‘glorified’ life of hope and joy.

As we journey closer to Easter we have so much to ponder and bring to our prayer. Asking the Lord to open our hearts so that we can better understand the great mystery of Easter is a prayer well worth making

As we journey closer to Easter we have so much to ponder and bring to our prayer. Asking the Lord to open our hearts so that we can better understand the great mystery of Easter is a prayer well worth making.

We have only to climb our own mountain, find just a little space and time to be with God, and then pray.

Lent is, perhaps, an opportunity to pause and take stock. A chance to change

 Does God want to heal and forgive us? Of course, he does! How could we ever think anything else?